Amend CSHB 1434 (House Committee Report) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTIONS 3 and 4 of the bill (page 1, line 24 through page 2, line 24).
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
the bill:
SECTION __. Section 466.101, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 466.101. PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES. Except as otherwise
provided by this subchapter, the general law governing purchasing
and contracts by state agencies applies to the commission.
[(a) The executive director may establish procedures for the
purchase or lease of facilities, goods, and services and make any
purchases, leases, or contracts that are necessary for carrying out
the purposes of this chapter. The procedures must, as determined
feasible and appropriate by the executive director, promote
competition to the maximum extent possible.
[(b) In all procurement decisions, the executive director
shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the
lottery and shall act to promote and ensure integrity, security,
honesty, and fairness in the operation and administration of the
lottery and the objective of producing revenues for the state
treasury.
[(c) The procurement procedures adopted by the executive
director must, as determined feasible and appropriate by the
executive director, afford any party who is aggrieved by the terms
of a solicitation or the award of a contract an opportunity to
protest the executive director's action to the commission. The
protest procedures must provide for an expedient resolution of the
protest in order to avoid substantially delaying a solicitation or
contract award that is necessary for the timely implementation of a
lottery game. A protest must be in writing and be filed with the
commission not later than 72 hours after receipt of notice of the
executive director's action.
[(d) A party who is aggrieved by the commission's resolution
of a protest under Subsection (c) may file an action in the district
court of Travis County. The court shall give preference to hearings
and trials of actions under this section. If the party filing the
action seeks to enjoin the implementation of a solicitation or
contract, the party shall post a bond that is payable to the state
if the party does not prevail in the appeal, and is in an amount
sufficient to compensate the state for the revenue that would be
lost due to the delay in lottery operations.
[(e) The commission shall require any person seeking to
contract for goods or services relating to the implementation and
administration of this chapter to submit to competitive bidding
procedures in accordance with rules adopted by the commission. The
procedures must be for the purpose of ensuring fairness and
integrity.]
(3) On page 22, line 20, between "466.003," and
"467.032(c),", insert "466.102, 466.104, 466.105, 466.106,
466.107, 466.108,".
(4) On page 24, strike lines 13 through 19 and substitute
the following:
(d) The change in law made by this Act governing purchasing
and contracts by the Texas Lottery Commission applies to a purchase
or contract made on or after the effective date of this Act, except
that a contract or purchase for which the initial notice soliciting
bids or proposals or other applicable expressions of interest is
given before that date is governed by the law in effect when the
initial notice for the contract or purchase is given, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose. The change in law made
by this Act does not affect a contract entered into before the
effective date of this Act, and does not apply to a purchase made on
or after the effective date under a contract entered into before the
effective date if the purchase is made during the period covered by
the contract.
(5) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.